Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 17401

Driving under Influence: Drugs

Tabled: 9 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Jerome Mayhew

ConservativeBroadland and Fakenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken to receive toxicology results on the prosecution of drug driving offences.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Department for Transport has not made a specific assessment of the impact of the time taken to receive toxicology results on the prosecution of drug-driving offences. Operational matters relating to evidential testing, forensic analysis and prosecutio...

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